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The Freshwater Mussels (Unionoida) of the World (and other less consequential bivalves)

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Publication Lamarck (1819): taxonomic opinions
     publication summary

Complete Citation

Lamarck. 1819. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertebres 6. 343 pp. Available electronically.

Taxonomic Opinions

Anodonta anatina

Anodonta cataracta = Pyganodon cataracta

Anodonta crispata = Anodontites crispata

Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta exotica = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodonta fragilis = Pyganodon fragilis

Anodonta glauca = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodonta intermedia = Anodonta cygnea

Anodonta patagonica = Anodontites patagonica

Anodonta pensylvanica = Strophitus undulatus

Anodonta rubens = Chambardia rubens

Anodonta sinuosa = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodonta sulcata = Anodonta cygnea
+ Anodonta marginata Say, 1817

Anodonta sulcata = Pyganodon cataracta

Anodonta trapesialis = Anodontites trapesialis

Anodonta uniopsis = Microcondylaea bonellii

Castalia ambigua

Etheria elliptica

Etheria semilunata = Etheria elliptica

Etheria transversa = Etheria elliptica

Etheria trigonula = Etheria elliptica

Hyria avicularis = Prisodon syrmatophorus
+ Mya syrmatophora Gmelin, 1791

Hyria avicularis = Prisodon obliquus

Hyria corrugata = Diplodon variabilis
+ Mya variabilis Maton, 1811

Hyria corrugata = Triplodon corrugatus

Iridina exotica = Mutela dubia

Trigonia pectinata = Neotrigonia margaritacea
+ Trigonia margaritacea Lamarck, 1804

Unio alata = Potamilus alatus

Unio angusta

Unio anodontina = Lamellidens marginalis

Unio australis = Hyridella australis

Unio batava = Unio crassus

Unio brevialis = Potomida littoralis

Unio carinifera = Elliptio complanata

Unio cariosa = Lampsilis cariosa

Unio clava = Pleurobema clava

Unio coarctata = Elliptio complanata

Unio corrugata = Indonaia rugosa
+ Mya rugosa Gmelin, 1791

Unio corrugata = Parreysia corrugata

Unio crassidens = Elliptio crassidens
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio crassidens Lamarck, 1819
+ Unio crassus Say, 1817

Unio crassidens = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Unio crassidens = Plectomerus dombeyanus

Unio delodonta = Diplodon delodontus

Unio depressa = Hyridella depressa

Unio elongata = Margaritifera margaritifera
+ Mya margaritifera Da Costa, 1778

Unio georgina = Elliptio complanata

Unio glabrata = Elliptio complanata

Unio granosa = Diplodon granosus

Unio ligamentina = Ortmanniana ligamentina

Unio littoralis = Potomida littoralis

Unio luteola = Lampsilis radiata

Unio manca = Unio mancus

Unio marginalis = Lamellidens marginalis

Unio nana = Unio nanus

Unio nasuta = Sagittunio nasutus
+ Unio nasutus Say, 1817

Unio nasuta = Eurynia dilatata

Unio naviformis = Theliderma cylindrica
+ Unio cylindricus Say, 1817

Unio nodulosa = Unio pictorum
+ Mya nodosa Gmelin, 1791

Unio obliqua = Pleurobema cordatum

Unio ovata = Lampsilis ovata

Unio peruviana = Amblema plicata

Unio pictorum
+ Mya ovalis Montagu, 1803
+ Mya ovata Donovan, 1802

Unio pictorum = Unio tumidus

Unio purpurascens = Elliptio complanata
+ Unio purpureus Say, 1817

Unio purpurata = Potamilus purpuratus

Unio radiata = Atlanticoncha ochracea
+ Unio ochraceus Say, 1817

Unio radiata = Lampsilis radiata

Unio rariplicata = Amblema plicata

Unio rarisulcata = Elliptio complanata

Unio recta = Ligumia recta

Unio retusa = Obovaria retusa

Unio rhombula = Elliptio complanata

Unio rostrata = Unio pictorum

Unio rotundata = Glebula rotundata

Unio semi-rugata = Potomida semirugata

Unio sinuata = Pseudunio auricularius
+ Mya margaritifera Gmelin, 1791
+ Unio margaritifera Draparnaud, 1801

Unio spuria = Parreysia corrugata

Unio suborbiculata = Glebula rotundata

Unio sulcidens = Elliptio complanata

Unio varicosa = Alasmidonta varicosa

Unio virginiana = Elliptio complanata

 
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